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'Fugee from the platform formerly known as Twitter. 312 living, 716 lifer, 420 today. Improvisor, actor, writer, private tour guide, music lover, Divvy/bike rider public transportation user and supporter. ⭕⭕⭕⭕🎹🎸🌵🐠💨🌲
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Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year.
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Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
momentummag.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year.
momentummag.com/your-comebac...
momentummag.com/your-comebac...
I just finished reading this book, check it out on Goodreads: Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
by Paul Hendrickson
www.goodreads.com/book/show/43...
by Paul Hendrickson
www.goodreads.com/book/show/43...
Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd W…
Frank Lloyd Wright has long been known as a rank egotis…
www.goodreads.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I just finished reading this book, check it out on Goodreads: Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
by Paul Hendrickson
www.goodreads.com/book/show/43...
by Paul Hendrickson
www.goodreads.com/book/show/43...
Wherever the Buffalo Sabres send JJ Peterka, that team should be considered the #1 cup contender for next season, based off recent history.
June 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Wherever the Buffalo Sabres send JJ Peterka, that team should be considered the #1 cup contender for next season, based off recent history.
I just finished reading this book, check it out on Goodreads: The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconocl…
For readers of Dilla Time and Music Is History; the def…
www.goodreads.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I just finished reading this book, check it out on Goodreads: The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
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It turns out problems are solvable when you actually want to solve them.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It turns out problems are solvable when you actually want to solve them.
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Cher is actually 18 years older than Trey despite appearing 18 years younger
March 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Cher is actually 18 years older than Trey despite appearing 18 years younger
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Weingarten: It’s really only the Congress that can abolish the Department of Education. So, what the president can do is make government basically ineffective—not work—by a thousand cuts. And that’s what they’re doing.
March 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Weingarten: It’s really only the Congress that can abolish the Department of Education. So, what the president can do is make government basically ineffective—not work—by a thousand cuts. And that’s what they’re doing.
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Roy Ayers, the jazz vibraphonist whose smooth fusion planted the seeds of acid jazz and neo-soul, died Wednesday at the age of 84.
More on his life and legacy: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
More on his life and legacy: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Roy Ayers, the jazz vibraphonist whose smooth fusion planted the seeds of acid jazz and neo-soul, died Wednesday at the age of 84.
More on his life and legacy: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
More on his life and legacy: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
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As if the American government’s economic warfare against its partners and allies (including threats to coerce one of them into being annexed) should be understood solely though the lens of how it affects the US consumer.
March 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
As if the American government’s economic warfare against its partners and allies (including threats to coerce one of them into being annexed) should be understood solely though the lens of how it affects the US consumer.
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This is really funny because after congestion pricing launched and the haters were instantly proved wrong — traffic really did go down, transit use really did go up — they clung to "well let's see the business receipts!" as a last resort. And now we know business receipts are through the roof!
Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City
Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.
nyc.streetsblog.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is really funny because after congestion pricing launched and the haters were instantly proved wrong — traffic really did go down, transit use really did go up — they clung to "well let's see the business receipts!" as a last resort. And now we know business receipts are through the roof!
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Let’s Talk About This “51st State” Insanity: youtu.be/MBgXMLC3djc
Let’s Talk About This “51st State” Insanity
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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February 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Let’s Talk About This “51st State” Insanity: youtu.be/MBgXMLC3djc
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
Don't cut NPR and PBS funding!
Millions of Americans rely on public media for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emer...
sign.moveon.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
I remember the 90s and I was there lol ⭕⭕⭕⭕🎹🎸🌵🐠
December 30, 2024 at 3:30 PM
I remember the 90s and I was there lol ⭕⭕⭕⭕🎹🎸🌵🐠
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Before this month is over, Prof. @timothysnyder.bsky.social may need to rewrite this chapter to something more like, "Do Not Ignominiously Grovel in Advance"
December 14, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Before this month is over, Prof. @timothysnyder.bsky.social may need to rewrite this chapter to something more like, "Do Not Ignominiously Grovel in Advance"
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 14, 2024 at 1:14 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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New video: How much winter cycling has changed in the 10 years since my book Frostbike came out
youtu.be/9Ts6mJITCZU
youtu.be/9Ts6mJITCZU
10 things that make winter cycling easier today (and 3 that make it harder)
YouTube video by Shifter
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December 12, 2024 at 8:16 PM
New video: How much winter cycling has changed in the 10 years since my book Frostbike came out
youtu.be/9Ts6mJITCZU
youtu.be/9Ts6mJITCZU